Primera División (Spain, Women)
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| Full name | Primera División de la Liga de Fútbol Femenino |
| Association | Real Federación Española de Fútbol |
| First edition | 1988 |
| Teams | 18th |
| master | FC Barcelona |
| Record champions |
Athletic Bilbao and FC Barcelona (5 titles each) |
| Website | www.rfef.es |
| Qualification for | UEFA Women's Champions League |
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↓ Segunda Division (II)
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The Primera División de la Liga de Fútbol Femenino , also known as Primera Iberdrola , is the top division in Spanish women's football . It has been held continuously since 1988, but changed both the name and the mode of execution several times. The league is subordinate to the Spanish Football Association .
history
The first Spanish championship in women's football was held in the 1988/89 season under the name Liga Nacionál de Fútbol Femenino in league mode with a round trip. The number of participants varied between 8 and 12 teams at any given time.
In 1996 the association decided to change its name to División de Honor Femenina and to make a profound change in the mode of competition. The number of participants was increased to 42 and the teams were divided into four groups based on geographical proximity. In the regular season, the teams in each group met each other in league mode with a return leg. The winners of each season contested a play-off with semi-finals and finals to determine the Spanish champions. The División de Honor, in which up to 54 teams took part at times, was able to strengthen the basis of Spanish women's football, but the championship also suffered from the sometimes very large differences in quality of the participating teams.
In 2001 the Spanish Federation decided to return to league mode. The new competition was called Superliga Femenina and started with 11 teams. In the following years the league was increased to up to 16 teams.
Before the start of the 2009/10 season, there was another far-reaching, and also controversial, restructuring. With the aim of professionalizing women's football and making it more popular with a wide audience, the association decided to expand the championship to 24 teams, with the eight new teams invited to be women's sections from existing professional men's clubs. However, the offer was only accepted by two former first division clubs, Sevilla FC and Real Valladolid . Furthermore, four second division teams, one club from Segunda División B and one from Tercera División, registered a women's section in the Superliga Femenina . Before the championship began, two of these invited clubs withdrew their participation, Real Murcia and CP Cacereño , and as a result, most of the invited clubs closed their women's sections or were relegated to lower-class divisions. Only FC Sevilla was able to establish itself sustainably. The mode of the newly created competition was also very complicated. The teams were divided into three groups that played a round-robin tournament with a round trip. After the end of this basic round, the teams were again divided into three groups according to their results. The championship was played in Group A, in which the eight best teams from the basic round took part. Groups B and C determined who were relegated. The two best teams in Group A met in a play-off with a return leg to determine the champions of the season.
After only two seasons, the league finally returned to the old mode, a round-trip tournament consisting of a round trip with 16 participating teams. The name of the championship was changed again, henceforth the competition was called Primera División Femenina . In contrast to all previous competitions, however, from 2011 onwards the Spanish federation was no longer responsible for the organization and marketing of the first division, but, like the men, the independent league federation LFP . When Luis Rubiales took office as President, a dispute began between the Football Association (RFEF) and the LFP over the organization of the championship. The association threatened to set up its own competition, which would be the only access to the Women's Champions League organized by the UEFA . Initially, only two clubs, FC Barcelona and Athletic Bilbao, supported the association's plans and announced they would join the new league, later CD Tacón also joined. By mid-July 2019, all 16 first division clubs had finally registered for the new championship and so it returned under the patronage of the RFEF.
In November 2019, an indefinite strike threatened after the players and clubs could not come to an agreement despite a neutral arbitrator . After the Spanish federation had offered 1.2 million euros, each player is guaranteed a minimum salary of 16,000 euros per year, should a television contract be concluded 18,000 euros. This rule applies to 18 players from each club. The 2019/20 season was declared over on May 25, 2020, after only 21 of 30 game days, due to the COVID-19 pandemic . FC Barcelona, which was nine points ahead at the time, was awarded the championship title. In addition, the Spanish association decided that there are no relegated teams this season, which means that the league was increased to 18 teams in 2020/21 after the promotion of two teams from the second division.
mode
The Primera División has consisted of 18 teams since 2020. In the course of a season, each team plays twice against each other (in the two rounds). So each team has 34 games. The champions, second and third placed qualify for different phases of the UEFA Women's Champions League . The 18 participants in the Primera División will play the Copa de la Reina (“Queen's Cup”) parallel to the championship . The last two teams are relegated to the Segunda División.
Participants 2020/21
Venues of the Spanish Primera División 2020/21 |
- Espanyol Barcelona
- FC Barcelona
- Athletic Bilbao
- Deportivo de La Coruña
- SD Eibar
- Sporting Huelva
- Levante UD
- EDF Logroño
- Madrid CFF
- Atlético Madrid
- real Madrid
- Real Sociedad San Sebastian
- Santa Teresa CD
- Betis Seville
- Sevilla FC
- UD Granadilla Tenerife
- Valencia CF
- Rayo Vallecano
Chronology of the Masters
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statistics
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Top scorer queens
| season | Player | society | Gates |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1988/89 | ? | ||
| 1989/90 | ? | ||
| 1990/91 | ? | ||
| 1991/92 | ? | ||
| 1992/93 | ? | ||
| 1993/94 | ? | ||
| 1994/95 | ? | ||
| 1995/96 | ? | ||
| 1996/97 | ? | ||
| 1997/98 | ? | ||
| 1998/99 | ? | ||
| 1999/2000 | ? | ||
| 2000/01 | ? | ||
| 2001/02 | ? | ||
| 2002/03 | ? | ||
| 2003/04 | ? | ||
| 2004/05 | ? | ||
| 2005/06 |
 Auxiliadora Jiménez
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Sevilla FC | 29 |
| 2006/07 | ? | ||
| 2007/08 |
Natalia Pablos
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Rayo Vallecano | 24 |
| 2008/09 |
Erika Vázquez
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Atletic Bilbao | 32 |
| 2009/10 | ? | ||
| 2010/11 | ? | ||
| 2011/12 |
Sonia Bermúdez
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FC Barcelona | 38 |
| 2012/13 |
Sonia Bermúdez
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FC Barcelona | 21st |
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Natalia Pablos
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Rayo Vallecano | ||
| 2013/14 |
Sonia Bermúdez
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FC Barcelona | 28 |
| 2014/15 |
Adriana Martín
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Levante UD | 18th |
| 2015/16 |
Jennifer Hermoso
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FC Barcelona | 24 |
| 2016/17 |
Jennifer Hermoso
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FC Barcelona | 35 |
| 2017/18 |
 Charlyn Corral
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Levante UD | 24 |
| 2018/19 |
Jennifer Hermoso
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Atlético Madrid | 24 |
| 2019/20 |
Jennifer Hermoso
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FC Barcelona | 23 |
See also
Web links
- League homepage (Spanish)
- Website of the Liga de Fútbol Profesional (Spanish)
- Unofficial homepage (Spanish)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Spain's female soccer players fight for minimum wages. In: sport.de . November 6, 2019, accessed November 14, 2019 .
- ^ The RFEF ratifica el título de la Liga Iberdrola del Barça. In: La Vanguardia . May 25, 2020, accessed June 7, 2020 (Spanish).
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